granting certiorari to determine whether Miller applies retroactively

granting the petition for writ of certiorari

granting writ of certiorari

In Montgomery, the Supreme Court held that its prior decision in Miller v. Alabama, supra — which declared that mandatory life without parole for juvenile homicide offenders violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishments — constituted a new substantive rule that must be applied retroactively to cases on collateral review.